Thanks, Judges!

Also - Is this a combined grade for the first two contests, or is this a grade for contest #2 only?

For the Second Test only. And it is an average grade of the 3 grades received from 3 Judges.

The final, overall grade will be finalised after the Third Test is over. That will stand final and binding for the Qualifying Round.

Kewl. Thanks, V! :)

Since there arent any replies yet, we will have Christmas break for three days.

HDC Idol will return on the morning of 27th December.

So that's today, I only just got here, how long is left till the deadline friend?

Yes HDC Idol is back on track!

And since the Test was up for the entire 48 hours before the Christmas break, I ll keep it open for the next 24 hours.

Attention, Elves - Dante's Inferno, Disease, Illdojo, Miss Macabre, Novakru, Papillon Noir, Posher778 - you are up for your second, and Idol's Sixth Test above.

You have a further 24 hours to do your researches and submit your entries. I am sure all Judges are back and waiting patiently for your submissions.

My Entry


House of 1000 corpses by Disease


After breaking free from my office on a Saturday afternoon I sat and waited on the steps at the entrance to the cinema complex. I waited long enough to drink a beer and pass a couple of movie tickets of to a beggar to sell.

I got some popcorn and walked in, it was the weekend and the illiterate youth had taken over the cinema.

By the time the feature came along the place was nearly turned upside down, chairs turned over into the aisles, boyfriends and girlfriends giving mutual handjobs.

I was in an MTV nightmare. The funhouse horror philosophy of the script was purposely overdone and the horror non existent upon the screen. I thought any minute now a dominos pizza would be delivered to one of the victims.

The movie did nothing to impress me, it patronized me with it's cleshays and self indulgence.

I waited as the credits rolled and prepared my self a cigarette for the walk down George street. The filth the animals had left behind in the theater was harder to digest than that movie.

THE SIXTH TEST OF HDC IDOL 2008-09


I am here to address the Elves. Each one of you is given a task which you have to perform to the best of your ability, wit and innovation, based upon the knowledge you have of the genre.

For your Second Test, the common theme chosen is - MODERN CRITICS.

All of you pen the critics columns of some very influential trade magazines which influence the movie-going public and the performances at the BO. All of you are attendees of first screenings of some hugely popular movies of the 2000s. Without taking any sides or being biased, you have to submit a short review of the movies in question, as to how you value the movie.

In other words, be frank about your criticism/praise of the movie you choose, and make it sound as honest and influencing on the Judges as you can at the same time. Pick what you liked, and what you didnt like...be honest with yourself, and with the review you put forward.

Ready?

Choose from - House of 1000 Corpses, Grindhouse, The Mist, Cloverfield, [Rec], The Descent, Saw.

Two contestants may pick the same movie, but their honest reviews should not be too similar with each other, or both of them stand to lose points. ALSO, you might lose points if you show TOO much favoritism or bias towards the movie you choose, so be very careful.

1 Entry by the Elves.

I ll keep it open for a further 12 hours, but this extension of time is Final.

We will move to the Judges' verdict, and the next Test, after 12 hours.

You spend barely 3 sentences in your entire review on the movie itself. While some critics do indeed expand their critiques to include other matters, it needs to be more balanced. The review of the film itself seems almost an afterthought.

It will get low marks from me.

Nice set up. It would be a great way to point out that the movie you were watching was filthy, stupid or crass. I have heard all these accusations leveled against Rob Zombie and having them leveled again would not surprise or annoy me. But, you went nowhere. Another few minutes of effort and thought would have done wonders. Shrug.